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- 22 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity
It seems like a former life: Investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Healthcare equity research at Citi. Boutique leadership consulting for aspiring CEOs. While Morristown, New Jersey, native Alli Widman (MBA 2009) cut her teeth in finance... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
The next time Professor Clay Christensen (MBA 1979) has a dilemma, he knows where he'll go for a solution: to HBS alumni. Christensen, Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), and alumni of the Building and Sustaining a Successful... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
in the world, we don’t want people to be constrained by financial barriers that would prevent them from accessing the School or being successful in the MBA Program or thereafter. So, we think about this as a journey through three time... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
hypotheses and mixed support for our third: organizational infrastructure and identity significantly affect practice adoption, albeit in different ways, but only marginal support for leadership and elite organizational status. Our results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
arguably the two most successful college basketball coaches in the country. But their leadership styles could not be more different. Professor Scott Snook wonders: Is it better to be loved or feared? How... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
Impact at Facily Dzodan co-founded Facily in 2018 after a successful career in technology, serving in senior leadership roles in Latin America at SAP and Facebook. While at Facebook, he traveled to China,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
different situations. Felix Oberholzer-Gee: It’s true for almost everyone that [the MBA experience] sets their sights higher in some form. They come in and think, “Oh, I’m going to be a successful executive of some sort,” but as they... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-051.pdf Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning Authors:Santiago Kraiselburd and Noel Watson Abstract In this paper, we seek to use quantitative models to help appreciate the behavioral processes associated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
your biggest buckets of cost and rethinking those strategically in ways that give your customers something they value," notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School. Morriss (HBS MBA '04), the cofounder and managing... View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
struggling. A new superintendent who is well-known and respected in education reform circles arrived this [past] school year. He asked Sarah and Matt to expand their strategy to assist him in building the success of traditional schools as... View Details
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
the course of his career with his generosity. Now I’m not suggesting that the secret to life is intentionally losing card games. Rather, I’d suggest that you step back from time to time, and to measure your success by a different... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
to her corner office and its view of midtown Manhattan. “Take your time. You lose control of your life as you move up the ladder. Most people think it’s the opposite.” That said, Moore worries that the leadership positions in society... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
members dependent on the person they’re supposed to supervise for compensation, information, perks, committee assignments, and, often, their very presence at the table. More Regulations Not the Answer America’s most successful investor,... View Details
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
behavior should be considered a critical leadership skill. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50320 Summer 2016 California Management Review Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
"Today's students have a more pragmatic perspective. They don't merely focus on the theory of the case, and they tend to promote more global considerations." Because his students demand substantial real-world relevance alongside theory, Hightower's academic work... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
of the Blackstone River in Northbridge, Massachusetts, the factory manufactures zinc-galvanized, plastic-coated welded wire mesh used to make lobster traps, security fencing, and other wire products, using a process Knott invented. The company’s first View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Ed Hajim (MBA 1964) has had a legendary career in finance, including high-profile stints at E F Hutton and Lehman Brothers and 14 years leading Furman Selz. But his... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
Schwarzman told him that he was making a mistake. It was all for naught, but this chutzpah was a bit of a hallmark: A year earlier, Schwarzman spearheaded a successful effort to get Anthony and the Imperials—then one of the most popular... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
and monitor the CEO, scrutinize the performance of the company's leadership team, oversee financial reporting and disclosure, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. The recent failures triggered regulatory and legislative... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan